# NTSB ATL07CA124: Cessna C172R, N2459Y, Pawtucket, RI, August 30, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 30, 2007, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Pawtucket, RI
- Coordinates: 41.919166, -71.488052
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9192&lon=-71.4881&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Boston Lexington FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66556
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL07CA124
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66556/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA124

## Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during the takeoff roll.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - object - runway light

## Analysis

According to the student pilot, "while using runway 23 [for take off following a] touch and go, I applied full power for takeoff. [and] I applied too much right rudder to compensate. I [then] applied too much left rudder which steered the airplane off the runway onto the grass. Power was cut and brakes [were] applied to stop. [The] right strut hit a taxi light at low speed before full stop". According to the FAA Inspector who examined the airplane damage consisted of the right main landing gear fairing, and the firewall.

## Factual narrative

According to the student pilot, "while using runway 23 [for take off following a] touch and go, I applied full power for take off. [and] I applied to much right rudder to compensate. I [then] applied to much left rudder which steered the airplane off the runway onto the grass. Power was cut and brakes [were] applied to stop. [The] right strut hit a taxi light at low speed before full stop". According to the FAA Inspector who examined the airplane damage consisted of the right main landing gear fairing, and the firewall.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2459Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2459Y), registered now, S/N 17280909, built 2000 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna C172R
- Registry model: [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (registry code 2072401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17280909
- Airframe hours: 793
- Engines: Lycoming IO-260-L2A 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: New Horizon Aviation
- Registered owner: Charles D. Savoie
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 1, 2007, 22 hours before
- Departed: SFZ, Pawtucket, RI
- Destination: SFZ, Pawtucket, RI
- Airport: SFZ, North Central State Airport, runway 23, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 41; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 18 total, 10 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 29.96 inHg
- Observed at: SFZ

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070830017459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070830017459A), Aug 30, 2007: Cessna 172R, Pawtucket, RI, Substantial damage. (-23) On August 30, 2007, at approximately 1400 eastern standard time (EST), a Cessna C172R, N2459Y being flown by a student pilot on his second solo flight…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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